IU Pushes No. 11 Oregon, Falls in Tight Four-Set Match

Saturday, September 28

Eugene, Ore.

8:30 PM

Indiana University

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#11 Oregon

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IU Pushes No. 11 Oregon, Falls in Tight Four-Set Match

9/28/2024 11:00:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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EUGENE, Ore. – A night after being swept by Washington, the Indiana Volleyball team (7-5. 0-2 B1G) played its most competitive road match of the year. The Hoosiers pushed No. 11 Oregon (10-1, 2-0 B1G) to the brink but fell in a tight four-set contest at Matthew Knight Arena.

IU gave everything it had in the first two sets but fell victim to a pair of deuce games in Eugene. With its backs against the wall, the Hoosiers rattled off a big comeback to win set three. Head coach Steve Aird's team couldn't quite muster the same resilience in game four as it fell to the No. 11 Ducks (24-26, 25-27, 25-21, 21-25).

The Hoosiers were prolific defensively, keeping rallies alive with 61 digs in four sets. Graduate student defensive specialist Delaynie Maple had the best game of her indoor career with 15 digs and three aces. Sophomore libero Ramsey Gary dug 18 balls.

Senior setter Camryn Haworth was her typical self, providing all-around numbers to keep IU in the match. She dished out 44 assists (11.0 per set) and racked up 11 digs, two blocks and a season-high five aces.

Junior opposite hitter Avry Tatum did her best to take over the match, tallying 10 kills in game three alone. Those 10 kills were part of a 24-kill effort, the most in any four-set match of her career. Her output in Eugene was the second 20-kill match of her campaign.

IU ends the road trip out west without a win but with answers to some defensive questions. The Hoosiers open their home slate in the Big Ten next Friday night (Oct. 4) with a visit from Michigan State. Ohio State will come to Bloomington on Sunday (Oct. 6).

Set Breakdown
Set 1: Oregon 26, Indiana 24
IU played its best opening set on the road this season, limiting both attacking and serving errors to a minimum. After a tough blocking night on Friday, the Hoosiers had five stuffs in game one. Despite some strong play, IU saw a late lead slip away to the Ducks. Avry Tatum and Candela Alonso-Corcelles each had four kills in the opening set. Delaynie Maple had six digs.

• IU opened the set with an energy it has lacked at points this year. Early blocks, including a solo stuff from Alonso-Corcelles, helped spark early momentum. Delaynie Maple aced Oregon to give the Hoosiers an 11-8 lead.

• Oregon clawed back into the set on kills from Mimi Colyer and Colby Neal but Alonso-Corcelles terminated a ball to take a 15-13 lead into the media timeout.

• A kill from Ava Vickers, followed by another solo swing block by Alonso-Corcelles, handed IU a 22-20 lead late in the game. The two teams exchanged service errors to move the advantage to 23-21. Oregon swung the momentum from there, tacking on a pair of kills and a block to force set point.

• Tatum did her best to keep things going, fending off one set point with a kill. A kill from Colyer and a double block by Neal and Noemie Glover effectively ended the opening set in advantage of Oregon at 26-24.

Set 2: Oregon 27, Indiana 25
Despite a tough end to the first set, IU came out with the same energy and intent in the second game. The Hoosiers had three aces and 17 digs, getting points from various sources. Tatum had five kills but the Oregon offense became too much. Colyer had six kills in the frame while setter Cristin Cline dished out 13 assists.

• IU got out to a blistering 5-0 start. After Colyer started the set with a service error, Camryn Haworth worked four straight points, including two aces from the end line, to give the Hoosiers an early advantage.

• At 6-2, IU again struggled to extend the lead. Oregon made a 9-3 run to force a timeout from Aird. The Hoosiers struggled in the middle, forcing Aird to sub in Ella Boersema in favor of Madi Sell.

• Oregon pushed its lead to four at 23-19 but IU made a furious comeback to level things late in the game. Kills from Alonso-Corcelles and Tatum, an Oregon setting error and a double block from Tatum and Vickers leveled the score at 23-all.

• The two teams exchanged kills as IU fended off a pair of set points. It wasn't enough as Colyer and fellow outside Michelle Ohwobete ended things on their terms in extra points. Oregon won the set 27-25.

Set 3: Indiana 25, Oregon 21
IU came so close in the opening two games but finally broke through, winning the third set 25-21. Haworth was fantastic in the set, dishing out 15 assists. 10 of those went to Tatum as she took the match over. She hit .818 (10-1-11) in game three. Maple had two of IU's three aces in the set. The Hoosiers made a pair of mistakes but didn't let it affect them late in the game.

• Oregon took the reins of the third set but IU staged another comeback. This one came on the right arm of Tatum. She terminated on a pair of kills before a Haworth ace forced Oregon into a timeout at 12-all.

• The teams exchanged points but the momentum swung in IU's favor following a kill from Tatum and an attacking error on Oregon. The lead blossomed to four points after kills from Saris and Tatum. The Solana Beach, Calif. native, Tatum, ended things on her terms with her 10th kill of the set.

Set 4: Oregon 25, Indiana 21
Both teams struggled offensively in game four as the effect of a long match began to wear on both sides. IU hit just .108 (12-8-37) but Oregon offered just 10 kills at a .161 hitting percentage. The Ducks' three aces and three blocks made the difference down the stretch. Tatum and Saris combined on nine kills.

• Oregon's advantage ballooned to six points behind an ace from Colyer. IU, playing its second road match in 24 hours began to show signs of fatigue – especially in serve receive.

• Down 13-20, it looked like IU's night was going to come to a disappointing end. A pair of aces from Haworth, and an attacking error out of the timeout by Oregon, helped trim the deficit to just three.

• Tatum terminated on her 23rd and 24th kills of the night to keep the deficit within three but Oregon closed out a 25-21 set victory on a tap over the net by Neal.

Top Hoosier Performers
#13 Tatum, Avry
24 kills, 5 digs, 1 block, 1 ace, .395 hitting percentage

#10 Haworth, Camryn
44 assists, 5 aces, 4 blocks, 11 digs, 2 kills

#23 Maple, Delaynie
15 digs, 3 aces

Notes to Know
• The Hoosiers had a season high 10 service aces. Senior setter Camryn Haworth had a season high five aces. Graduate student defensive specialist Delaynie Maple had a career high three aces from the endline. Over the past two seasons, IU has had nine double-digit ace outputs.

• Continuing her career night, Maple had 15 digs for the Hoosiers. It was the first double-digit dig output of her indoor career in college. Three different Hoosiers had 10+ digs.

• Junior opposite Avry Tatum had 24 kills against No. 11 Oregon, the highest output in a four-set match of her career. She had 10 kills in game three alone, the most by any IU player in one set this season.

• For as good as she's been in her career, Haworth was especially dynamic for the Hoosiers on Saturday night. She recorded 44 assists, 11 digs and 5 aces. It is the second time in her career (last: Northwestern; Oct. 29, 2023) that she's had 40+ assists, 10+ digs and 5+ aces in a single match.